Through improvisation and gesture, Yvonne Estrada expands her extemporaneous technique of drawing and painting to create a densely layered installation. Observing Wave Hill in winter and experiencing the landscape covered in snow were essential to the genesis of this piece. Working with an entire section of the room, her installation encompasses five walls, and gives the appearance of Japanese screens. Since she preferred to work on paper rather than the painted wall surface, she mounted sheetrock panels, which may also be removed and reconfigured at the end of the exhibition. These were transported to Wave Hill with initial marks that began in her studio. Working on site over the course of six weeks, the drawings emerged and synthesized each day, developing from spontaneous accidents. During the process, white washes of paint would mute earlier black and blue marks. Estrada continuously brought forward new drawings to the surface from this mist.

This is Yvonne Estrada’s first wall installation project. She has exhibited drawings and paintings in New York at Kerrigan Campbell Art + Projects, Von Lintel Gallery, and Nora Haime Gallery. She is exhibiting at Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY. She has also exhibited at Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango in Bogotá, Colombia.